, 1887-12-29


ure Of the troops to Copur d'Alens
to cons ruct the new post, the re.
vlvat Of the prospects for pushing
through the n. L. railroad aud tho
arrival of Messrs. Cannon and
Browne, whose purchase Of a j,int
interest in the tOwnsite, and tho ad-
ditiOn of II large stock OF goods by
the hrm OF Cannon, Warntr u Co,
gave fresh impetus To tho place.
Among the arrivals this season were
Capt. j. NJ Nosler, w. q. Gray, DR..
l.. r. WaterhOuse, A. Il. Ellis and
Plat Corbaley. Mr.. Gray built the
beginnings Of the old California
house ANA opened 1t ON Th inksgiV-
ing evening on the OCCASION of a rup-
per and ball for the benefit Of the
public school building, which h,d
been started In II grove near the
present site Of the Spokane Mfg.
Cu.'s works. The entertainment
ted u handsome >beneht for tho
school.
lne season OF 10 brou yht renewed
buuyancy and hope in the resun,p-
ttun Of activity along the line ~ the
n. Il. road. A re-survey Of the route
was pushed through eastern Wash.
inR.On. The first newspaper, the
Spokane Times, was esiaUii,l shed by
Hon. Francis II. Cook, then mem.
Der Uf the territorial legislature from
Pierce county. Howard street
begun to assume business
like aspect when the store buildings
of +. r. MuOre Il Co., corner of Front
and Howard, j. +. Graham, corner
Of Main and Howard, Frledenrich
Il Berg, opposite corner, N. T.. hotel
by Arthur Il Shancr where now
stands the Arlington, j. n. Squier.
McCammOn& Whitman, IL. W. For.
rest, Louis Ztgl.r, Clark d Richard
aud perci~al 4 Corbaiey On Main,
and Davis & Cornelius ON Front. A.
year, the first bank, which still pros.
pers as the Bank of Spokane Fails,
The oldest north of Snake river. The
hrst Two churches, the Methodist
and the Cougr, gatiOnal. were 70.
speCtively organized In April aud
May of IN Is season, by Rev. j. II.
Leird and Rev. g. II. AikinsJn.
The legislature of 10 passed a bill
authorizing the organization Of SpO.
kane county, ordered the removal Of
the county seat from CulVille TO Spu-
kane Falls and u confirm ,tory ballot
On permanent location the following
year.
The season OF 80 witnessed the
approach OF the construction force of
the N. p. railroad from Aims worth.
There was a temporary luii in build
iDg extension, awaiting the arrival
of the road. The yeai, however,
WAS famous for The rat her lively dis.
cussiOn of the question of permanent
lOcati ion Of the county seat. a syn.
dictate of railroad men and capitai.
lists from Colfax saw their Opportu-
niiy, laid cut the tOwnsite OF Cheney
and with some local assistance in
what was then called the Fur Lake
country, they succeeded in captur-
ing the county seat by u small ma
jority. SpUkune now iad rival,
backed by railroad officials and ad-
verse interests, and although tue
advent Of the railroad IN June, 81.
brought u Temporary activity. the
new county seat took tho cream OF
the boom, and for two years Spo.
kane rather lauguished.
The Spokane Chronicle was es-
| tablished in July, 81, by q. Is. Car
Isle, and COngregai iUnal and Epis.
copal church edifirps were erected.
The hrst brick building was erected
this year by w. M. w.lveIt,n, cor.
ner Riverside aud Mil. Although
a modest, two story structure, some
8Ox5O, IL was regarded as a "new era
In building' In Spuk me, and u finer
stroke OF enterprise than the new
stately three.story ediflce which re-
placed it last year. Movements
were placed ON foot by the Method.
lists and Catholics to lay the founda.
tIons OF large educational institu-